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Trichoscopy features of trichotillomania

Pilar CorderoDolores RamónEncarnación MontesinosVíctor GonzálezJosé M. Martín

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyTraction alopeciaDermoscopyDermatologyDiagnosis DifferentialTrichotillomania030207 dermatology & venereal diseases03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineHair-pullingmedicineHumansPatchy alopeciaChildskin and connective tissue diseasesintegumentary systembusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseYellow dotsDermatologyTrichoscopyTrichoptilosis030220 oncology & carcinogenesisPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthFemalesense organsmedicine.symptomExclamation mark hairsbusinessHair

description

Trichotillomania is a form of traction alopecia resulting from repetitive and compulsive hair pulling and plucking. Trichotillomania and patchy alopecia areata may have similar clinical and dermoscopic features in some cases. On trichoscopic examination, the presence of black dots, coiled or hook hair, shafts of varying lengths with fraying or split ends (trichoptilosis), and an absence of exclamation mark hairs and yellow dots are suggestive of trichotillomania.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-02-13Pediatric Dermatology
https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.13756